A Bold Idea

The middle-aged man whose face was riddled with scars and ulcers slowly turned around. He met the eyes of an Asian man that had appeared out of nowhere.

The Asian man did not speak to him but went straight to the bookshelf next to him instead and began browsing the collection of books.

Shortly after, he picked out a book titled Chronicles of the Empire.

The middle-aged man was unsettled by this. He glanced at the window that was somehow opened without his knowledge, then at the intruder by the bookshelf. He slowly rose from his seat. A part of him wanted to scream to alert the guards but the rational part of him told him that doing so would only result in himself getting killed instantly.

What followed after was a suffocating silence.